Dame Kelly Holmes has rejected claims from sprinter Dwain Chambers that he is being made to feel like a "leper".
This sets off a cacophony questions in my head (the wrongs and wrongs of the recent treatment of Mr Chambers aside).
1) Is so-called "Dame" Kelly Holmes really the best person to say how Dwain Chambers is feeling or being made to feel? The only way she could really know is if she were a drugs cheat too. I would never level such an accusation, but then I have an inherent fear of libel suits.
2) Wouldn't it be funny if there really was a leper who could run the 60m in 6.55 seconds? If nothing else, it raises the question of how much of a sprinter needs to cross the line for him to have completed the race. That leper would need to have grititude in spades.
3) Maybe the guy does have leprosy and that's why he appeared to be afraid of the football when he was trying to be a wide-receiver. Some of those quarterbacks throw the ball pretty hard, they could easily take someone poor leper's hand off.
4) Speaking of disembodied hands...I maintain that the logo of Lepra (a leprosy charity, obviously) is hilarious:
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Dwain Chambers has leprosy? Maybe loads of athletes have this problem? It would explain Oscar Pistorius
I still strongly suspect that Pistorius had his legs off on purpose because he'd designed the carbon fibre "legs" that he "runs" with and thought it was his best shot at an Olympic medal.
That plan would appear to be going badly so far.
There is a reality show in that. I can see it now. "How far would you go to win it all?" "Do you have the attitude of a winner?"
Cue mindless music
if he did it on purpose then it has all gone horribly wrong
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